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We read with interest the commentary proposed by Priastana & Simbolon: "A response to: Human Fall Detection Using Passive Infrared Sensors with Low Resolution: A Systematic Review".1 We hope our present answers will help readers to fully appreciate the article.
Regarding the non-registration of our study in any international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews, we specified this information at the beginning of the section Materials and Methods, sub-section Protocol and Registration.2 This study was therefore not registered, for example, in the PROSPERO database. We agree with Priastana & Simbolon on the additional precautions brought by registration in this type of database particularly to avoid duplication of scientific effort. However, the affirmation "to be reviewed by peers" is not correct. Indeed, PROSPERO is a registration system (accessible on the website https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/), which help researchers to comply with PRISMA recommendations and improves transparency of the review process. No peer review is carried out by the PROSPERO team. The latest PRISMA guidelines3 recommend to specify the registration information if the study was submitted, or, if it is not the case, to state that the review has not been registered, which we did (see also the PRISMA 2020 Checklist on the website http://www.prisma-statement.org/).
Regarding the understanding of our flow chart, it is noticeable that the four studies were not "excluded" from the analysis as mentioned in the letter.1 All the precise details of the inclusions of the articles are given at the beginning of the section...
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